Thanks for all the fish...

All Things Sound has been dedicated to the production of reliable websites for small, independent projects and initiatives for nearly twenty years, but is now bringing things to a close. As a "one-man band", I have concentrated on the needs of small groups and businesses: some commercial and some charitable or not-for-profit; some in my local area (central Scotland) but others in far-flung corners of the world. (See the section on Managed Sites for more details.)

Having now reached retirement age, I am beginning to run things down - not looking to take on new clients, but continuing to support long-standing ones for a while yet. Even in my short time as a web developer, things have progressed at a frantic speed from the days of hand-coding HTML files to the use of fully-fledged "content management systems" based on dynamic content generated from online databases. Although I have supported clients with WordPress and Drupal sites, my firm favourite remains Joomla! - now in its fourth major incarnation. I see my last, major project as being to upgrade the Joomla! 3 sites of my remaining clients to version 4. I shall then look to close the business altogether and give my time exclusively to voluntary work for various groups and charities.

Paul Hicks

November 2022